Chafa Ghaddar
Chafa
Ghaddar was born in Lebanon and currently lives in Dubai. She graduated from Académie Libanaise
des Beaux-Arts (ALBA), earning her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in 2007 and her Master’s
in Visual Arts in 2009.
While developing a career in wall painting and surface finishing, she explores the use of fresco in
contemporary practices and other processes working equally with murals, painting, drawing, photography
and mixed media.
She executes site-specific and public artworks and has participated in several collective exhibitions
between Beirut, Dubai, New York, Brussels and Verona, Italy. She was awarded the Boghossian Art Prize
for painting in 2014 and was an artist in residence at the Villa Empain in Brussels in October and
November 2015.
Ghaddar had her debut Solo show, “The Visit,” at Galerie Tanit, Beirut, in 2018, followed by
“Cacti in a Daydream” in 2021. She was selected by Tashkeel Studio as part of their Critical
Practice Program 2018/2019 and exhibited “Recesses,” her first solo show in the UAE. Ghaddar
had her debut Solo show, “The Visit,” at Galerie Tanit, Beirut, in 2018, followed by
“Cacti in a Daydream” in 2021. She was selected by Tashkeel Studio as part of their Critical
Practice Program 2018/2019 and exhibited “Recesses,” her first solo show in the UAE. Ghaddar
had her debut Solo show, “The Visit,” at Galerie Tanit, Beirut, in 2018, followed by
“Cacti in a Daydream” in 2021. She was selected by Tashkeel Studio as part of their Critical
Practice Program 2018/2019 and exhibited “Recesses,” her first solo show in the UAE. Ghaddar
had her debut Solo show, “The Visit,” at Galerie Tanit, Beirut, in 2018, followed by
“Cacti in a Daydream” in 2021. She was selected by Tashkeel Studio as part of their Critical
Practice Program 2018/2019 and exhibited “Recesses,” her first solo show in the UAE. Ghaddar
had her debut Solo show, “The Visit,” at Galerie Tanit, Beirut, in 2018, followed by
“Cacti in a Daydream” in 2021. She was selected by Tashkeel Studio as part of their Critical
Practice Program 2018/2019 and exhibited “Recesses,” her first solo show in the UAE.
Chafa was commissioned to produce a site-specific work for the 16th Lyon Biennale, “Manifesto of
Fragility,” curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath. In 2023, she had her first gallery show in
the UAE, “Beneath Latent Skies,” with Tabari Artspace.